Jesse B 707 wrote:edit: also drinking light beer doesnt have shit to do with drinking less

This is the crux of it all.

If he was like "I've cut down to a single good beer every now and then" no one would have given him shit.

He probably could have got off a little easier if he said that a couple Zimas lower his inhibitions to enough to go home with the first guy he sees at the bar with a High School state championship ring.